José Machado Plazas

Of Counsel

Main areas of practice:

Corporate advice: corporate governance, development and advocacy

Commercial operations and transactions

Financial crisis situations: refinancing, restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings.

Professional experience:

During his more than thirty years of practice he has been involved in numerous important transactions in corporate and company law, national and international commercial contracts, financing and refinancing of companies, approval of refinancing agreements, insolvency proceedings, commercial litigation and national and international arbitration.

He is a Professor of Commercial Law. He is also an arbitrator and insolvency administrator in particularly complex national proceedings.

Academic background:

Degree in Law, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Doctor of Law (Extraordinary Doctorate Award, 1994).

Teaching activity and publications:

Professor of Commercial Law at the Faculties of Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1986-1989), Pompeu Fabra University (1990-1994), University of Barcelona (from 1995 to date), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (from 2005 to date).

Professor of Corporate and Bankruptcy Law at the School of Legal Practice of the Barcelona Bar Association (since 2005).

Lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Business Law (Insolvency Law and Financial Markets Law) at the University of Barcelona and the UOC (since 2005).

Lecturer on the Master’s Degree in Bankruptcy Administrators at the Barcelona Bar Association. Counsel to the General Council of the Judiciary.

Professor of Civil and Commercial Litigation at the Judicial School (1999-2005).

Author of books, legal manuals and articles on company law and insolvency law.

Languages

Spanish / Catalan / French /

Contact:

+34 93 414 09 12 jmachado@cortes-abogados.net